baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2563929-A (GB)
Title: Spatial filter
Inventor: ADRIAN PERRIN JANSSEN
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 2017-06-30
Abstract: First and second cladded optical fibres have aligned cores and polished, slanted faces that are parallel and adjacent. A reflective coating is applied to one face to reflect light out of the core to a detector. The optical fibres may be mounted in a v-groove or tube. The optical fibre may be surrounded by an index matched material which is an absorber or have materials index matched to the cores of the two fibres. The absorbing structure may be at least 10 microns from the core. The first optical fibre length may be <10mm, <5mm or <2mm. A third index matched material which is matched to the core may guide light from the reflective coating to the detector. The reflective coating may have a reflectance <5-10% and >1-2%. Each angled, polished face may be angled at 40-50° to the optical fibre. A second embodiment has a beam splitter passing light to a fibre optic cable and to a detector from a fibre optic stub. An optical assembly comprises the optical monitor, an optical modulator such as an interferomter and a feedback system.
Patent GB-2565062-A (GB)
Title: Bracket for mounting to a curved ferromagnetic object
Inventor: BENJAMIN ALEXANDER WINDASS
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2017-07-28
Abstract: A bracket 1 for mounting to a curved ferromagnetic object comprises a plate 2 having mounted thereon on a rear face an articu­lated arm 5. The arm comprises at least one rearwardly directed magnet 13. There may be a plurality of arms facing in multiple directions each terminating in a respective magnet and the arms may consist of a plurality of pivotally connected links. The bracket may hold a camera, communications device or other audio/visual device on the front face of the plate and the bracket may be mounted on a curved surface such as a crane hook block.
Patent GB-2572936-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing a marbled, paper-based material.
Inventor: HANNAH JONES
IPC: D21H17/14
Filed: 2017-08-02
Abstract: Method comprising; forming a pulp from 1-9% by weight of shredded 80-150 gsm paper with water at 70-100 celcius, making a mixture of 7-15 % by weight of starch, 3-11 % by weight of glycerine, 1-9 % by weight of vinegar and 73-81 % by weight of 5-35 ºC water; heating the mixture with continual stirring until the mixture boils, thickens and turns transparent, adding the mixture and the paper pulp to form a blend, pouring the blend in to a silicone receptacle at heating to between 100 and 200 ºC to form a marbled paper based material solid that is slightly brown and removing the material from the receptacle. The method may further include the step of adding a dye or other colour to the blend and mixing through. Further water may be added to thin the mixture, preferably heat is not applied as the pulp and mixture are blended. Also included is a claim to the paper produced by such a method.
Patent GB-2568935-A (GB)
Title: Process using domain names to place phone calls
Inventor: GIDEON STEWAN KUKARD
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2017-12-01
Abstract: A domain name or email address may be linked with a pre- programmed corresponding phone number and may be used to place a phone call. The phone call can be made using the domain name or email address, without the need to know the phone number itself. A user may copy and paste the domain name or email address or may click on the address on a website or browser to allow the phone call to be made.
Patent GB-2569566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to well abandonment and slot recovery
Inventor: MICHAEL WARDLEY
IPC: E21B47/005
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: Method of abandoning a well leaving production tubing 7 and control lines 15 in place. Tubing 7 is perforated 20a, 20b at a zone of interest. The tubing 7, casing 33 and annulus 18 are washed to remove debris and residual fluids after perforation. A settable composition (21, fig 2c) is injected through the perforations 20a, 20b into the annulus 18 and allowed to set. The composition supports the tubing 7 and secures the control lines 15 so that they can be cut and milled away to expose the casing 33. A cement bond log (CBL) is performed on the exposed casing and if the quality of the cement bond is acceptable a cement plug is deployed. If quality of cement bond is not adequate, the process can be repeated at a shallower depth. A self-supporting settable composition can be used when the zone is spaced from a seal or packer.
Patent GB-2560425-A (GB)
Title: Method for processing a holding plate, in particular for a clamp for holding a wafer
Inventor: VOLKER SCHMIDT
IPC: H01L21/683
Filed: 2018-01-18
Abstract: A method of manufacturing (and optionally repairing) a holding plate (10) of a clamping device for holding a component (in particular a wafer), in which the surface (12) of the holding plate is Si-C based and features at least one Si-C based surface protruding element (13), comprising the steps of; i) locally heating the holding plate in a predetermined surface section (which may be by laser irradiation) and ii) creating the surface element (13) at the predetermined surface section by chemical vapour deposition (preferably laser CVD). The CVD process parameters may be set such that the protruding element has the same composition as the surface of the holding plate, or, a lower Si content than the holding plate. Post-processing of the protruding surface element may be carried out (preferably by laser and/or mechanical ablation) wherein at least one of a height (H) and a thickness (D) of the surface element is set. Optionally, a plurality of protruding surface elements may be formed at a plurality of predetermined surface sections. A second aspect is directed towards a holding plate having a SiC-based surface and a plurality of SiC-based surface elements (13).
Patent GB-2560127-A (GB)
Title: Signal drone for an automobile
Inventor: JESUS MARINI PARISSI
IPC: G08B5/00
Filed: 2015-11-12
Abstract: An emergency alert system for a vehicle includes a drone system including a warning sign disposed within a body defining cavity of the vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to a user request during a stop, launch the drone system from the cavity and specify drone position relative to the vehicle based on traffic flow around the vehicle to alert other vehicles in a vicinity of the vehicle via the warning sign regarding occurrence of the stop.
Patent GB-2575883-A (GB)
Title: A steering column assembly
Inventor: Krzysztof Pluta
IPC: B62D1/19
Filed: 2018-08-09
Abstract: A steering column assembly 100 for a vehicle has a shroud 102 supporting a steering column 104, a support bracket 108, a clamp pin 112 and a clamp mechanism. Bracket 108 is secured to a fixed part of the vehicle and has two arms 110a, 110b embracing shroud 102 and depending from a base 130. Clamp pin 112 extends through an opening 114 in each arm 110a, 110b and a slot in shroud 102. The clamp mechanism is movable between an unclamped position where shroud 102 is adjustable for rake and a clamped position where shroud 102 is secured to arms 110a, 110b. Bracket 108 also has a bridge portion 140, 142 for at least one arm 110a, 110b, connected at one end the arm and at another end to base 130 at a point offset from where the arm depends from the base, providing two discrete paths for transferring load from the clamp mechanism to base 130 and the vehicle body.
Patent GB-2567738-A (GB)
Title: Electricity distribution assembly
Inventor: TIMOTHY RICHARD HOBBS
IPC: H02J1/00
Filed: 2018-09-07
Abstract: An electricity supply assembly for a premises such as an office building includes a DC power supply and an electricity supply substrate suitable for covering a floor, wall, or other internal surface of the building. The substrate is formed to include at least first and second conductive layers 28, 30 and at least one layer of insulating material in a stacked configuration. The conductive layers 28, 30 are connected to the DC power supply (typically a low voltage such as 24 volts). The substrate can receive therein one or more connectors 42 at any user selected positions, the connectors 42 having portions 64, 66 to allow contact with the conductive layers 28, 30 so as to provide the electrical supply to the connector 42 and in turn allow the supply of electricity to an electrical item connected to the connector 42. The assembly allows flexibility over the locations of desks and lighting in an office building even after construction.
Patent GB-2569430-A (GB)
Title: Synchronization in a multi-tile processing array
Inventor: Simon Christian Knowles
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2018-10-17
Abstract: Computer comprising processing units 4 each having instruction storage 12, execution unit, data storage 22 and input 224 and output 226 interfaces comprising sets of wires; switching fabric 34 connected to each processing unit by the respective output wires and connectable to each of the processing units by the respective input wires via switching circuitry controllable by each processing unit; synchronisation module to generate a synchronisation signal to control the computer to switch between computer phase and exchange phase; wherein the processing units execute local programs according to a common clock, the local programs such that in the exchange phase at least one processing unit executes a send instruction from its local program to transmit onto its output set of connection wires at a transmit time a data packet destined for a recipient processing unit but having no destination identifier, and at a predetermined switch time the recipient processing unit controls its switching circuitry to connect its input set of wires to the fabric to receive the packet at a receive time; the transmit, switch and receive times being governed by the common clock with respect to the synchronisation signal. Also provided is a method of computing a function.
Patent GB-2565953-A (GB)
Title: Mobile oilfield tool service center
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER LEE MORRELL
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2014-07-14
Abstract: A mobile oilfield tool service centre includes an intermodal container such as an ISO container compliant with a global containerized intermodal freight transport system (fig 1A). Oilfield tool service components are housed within the intermodal container for subjecting an oilfield tool to at least one process that repairs or rehabilitates the oilfield tool (fig 2A). Service components include blast cabinet, inspection bench, kiln, flux oven, bit bath, grinding booth, tip grinder, dye check booth, and a computer station. Processes performed include washing, media blasting, brazing preparation, heating, brazing, cleaning, machining, grinding, matrix repair, hardfacing, visual inspection, dye penetrant inspection, non-destructive inspection, painting, canning, labelling. A power source is coupled to the intermodal container to operate the service components. The power source is a utility skid 300 housing support components to operate the service components. The utility skid 300 is compliant with the universal shipping container dimensions and configurations. Components on the utility skid 300 include oxygen gas tank 302, acetylene gas tank 304, water holding tank 306, environmental control unit 308, air compressor 310, generator 312, fuel tank 314, and storage box. Containers can be place side-by-side and wall panels removed to form a larger workshop area (fig 2A).
Patent GB-2586872-A (GB)
Title: Plastic formwork
Inventor: LI-CHUN CHAN
IPC: E04G9/10
Filed: 2019-09-09
Abstract: A plastic form work is provided that facilitates the wall and floor construction with added values such as sound and thermal insulation, moisture proof, and fire retardance. A corrugated or honeycombed intermediate structure is sandwiched between an upper board 101 and a lower board 102 to form the main formwork member 10. A number of hook sets 11 are arranged at intervals on an outer side of at least one of the upper and lower boards. Each hook set 11 includes a number of hooks 12 with different bended top sections 121. The hook sets jointly provide a rough surface to the upper or lower board. The plastic formwork is attached to a wall or floor by its flat side where grout is then applied to the rough side. The staggered hook sets allow the tight integration between the main formwork member 10 and the grout applied to the rough side.
Patent GB-2576645-A (GB)
Title: Electric vacuum cleaner
Inventor: KOTA WATANABE
IPC: A47L9/28
Filed: 2018-05-22
Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner is provided with a smart cleaning operation that appeals to users. This electric vacuum cleaner (11) is provided with a main body case, drive wheels, a cleaning unit (22), a memory (67), a sensor unit (23) and communication unit (24), a determination unit (68) and a travel control unit (61). The memory (67) stores map data. The sensor unit (23) and communication unit (24) acquire, from outside, information about multiple cleaning regions. The determination unit (68) determines multiple cleaning areas from the map data stored in the memory (67) on the basis of information acquired by the sensor unit (23) and the communication unit (24). By controlling driving of the drive wheels, the travel control unit (61) enables the main body case to travel autonomously in each cleaning region determined by the determination unit (68).
Patent GB-2588908-A (GB)
Title: Inert gas recovery from a semiconductor manufacturing tool
Inventor: Neil CONDON
IPC: C23C16/44
Filed: 2019-11-13
Abstract: An apparatus for treating process and cleaning gases exhausted from a semiconductor manufacturing tool 10 during respective processing and cleaning phases and for recovering an inert gas from at least one of said treated process and cleaning gases comprises a wet scrubber 20a, 20b for receiving and treating said exhaust gases, a solid phase gas adsorption separator 40 for receiving gases output by said wet scrubber and valve and control circuitry 30 for routing one of said cleaning and process gases output from said wet scrubber to bypass said adsorption separator and to route the other of said process and cleaning gases output from said wet scrubber to said adsorption separator, wherein the adsorption separator removes water vapour and nitrogen from the inert gas. The gases may be exhausted from a sub-atmospheric chemical vapour deposition process. The inert gas preferably comprises helium. The separator may comprise a pressure swing adsorber or a vacuum swing adsorber.
Patent GB-2588909-A (GB)
Title: Inlet assembly for an abatement apparatus
Inventor: IAN DAVID BENZEVAL
IPC: F23G7/06
Filed: 2019-11-13
Abstract: An inlet assembly 100 for an abatement apparatus comprises an effluent stream inlet conduit 120 extending between an inlet 130 receiving an effluent stream 220 and an outlet 140 in fluid communication with a treatment chamber of the abatement apparatus. A lance 150 is located within the inlet conduit, with a lance wall 160 defining a lance conduit 170 extending between a lance inlet 180 receiving a combustion reagent 230 and a lance outlet 190. The lance wall comprises an aperture 210 delivering a first proportion of combustion reagent into the inlet conduit to pre-mix with the effluent stream. The lance outlet delivers a second proportion of combustion reagent into the inlet conduit to mix with the pre-mixed effluent stream before it is delivered to the treatment chamber. The lance may be coaxially located within the inlet conduit and may share an elongate axis with the effluent stream inlet. The apertures may be located closer to the lance inlet than the lance outlet. The apertures may be located circumferentially around the lance wall and at different positions along the elongate axis. The lance conduit may narrow at a discontinuity 200 in the lance wall.
Patent GB-2589360-A (GB)
Title: Sensor device, system and wearable article
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A wearable article (e.g. a smart watch, top, t-shirt, bracelet, glove, hat, athletic clothing) having a single-wire bidirectional line 11 and a plurality of single wire sensor devices 10, each having a sensor module 101 and a single-wire input output interface 105 arranged to send and receive data over the single-wire bidirectional line. The article may have a releasably attached master device (20, Figure 3) which is connected to the sensor devices using the single-wire bidirectional line. The master device may control transmission of data over the bidirectional wire. The sensor devices may have a programmable and erasable non-volatile memory 109 arranged to receive and store an identifier for the sensor device, and/or a buffer 103 arranged to store time-series sensor data. The sensor modules may be temperature, humidity, motion, electropotential, electroimpedance, acoustic, or optical sensor modules.
Patent GB-2587245-A (GB)
Title: Holographic image alignment
Inventor: JAMIESON CHRISTMAS
IPC: G03H1/26
Filed: 2019-12-18
Abstract: A method of aligning projected holographic reconstructions comprises forming a first colour holographic reconstruction of a plurality of discrete light features (e.g. a calibration image of an array of green dots 502G,502G’) upon a replay plane 500, and forming a second colour holographic reconstruction of the light features (e.g. blue dots 502B,502B’) upon the replay plane, wherein the hologram used to generate the second reconstruction is combined with at least one grating function which has a respective displacement (e.g. x or y) direction. Grating functions are adjustable and used to control the position of second reconstruction in the replay plane. An image of the replay plane is captured to determine the misalignment of the first and second colour projected holographic reconstructions at different positions on the replay plane. The image is used to calculate, for each corresponding pair of light features/dots, a displacement vector required to align the dots. For each displacement (x or y) direction, the vectors are used to determine a plurality of grating function angles required to align the first and second colour holographic reconstructions at respective positions in the replay plane. The grating functions are adjusted accordingly to enable alignment of the different colour projected holographic reconstructions. The method enables alignment of different colour holographic projections to form an aligned composite multicolour holographic projection. The method may be deployed in a driver head-up display (HUD) for projection upon a vehicle windscreen.
Patent GB-2591995-A (GB)
Title: Fire Alarm system
Inventor: MATTHEW HOLNESS
IPC: G08B25/14
Filed: 2020-01-31
Abstract: A fire alarm system includes fire alarm control panel 24, a plurality of individually addressable devices, and communication loop 10 to which the fire alarm control panel and the plurality of individually addressable devices are connected to facilitate communication between them. The plurality of individually addressable devices includes a plurality of alarm initiation devices such as manually actuated devices 16 and heat or smoke detectors 14, a plurality of notification devices such as strobes 18 and audible notification devices 20, and at least one smoke vent interface 26. The smoke vent interface controls power to at least one smoke vent 28 in order to open and/or close the smoke vent and the fire alarm control panel is programmed to send a command signal to the smoke vent interface in response to a predetermined alarm condition to cause the interface to open or close the associated smoke vent or vents. An addressable fire alarm system installed in a residential building wherein at least one alarm initiation device is installed in each discrete apartment and shared space.
Patent GB-2595878-A (GB)
Title: Materials grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition
Inventor: SHASHI PAUL
IPC: H01L21/02
Filed: 2020-06-09
Abstract: A method of growing a semiconductor material using plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, the method comprising: providing a seeding layer to a reactor, wherein the seeding layer comprises a seeding precursor comprising a coordination complex; and exposing the seeding layer to a plasma phase of at least one gaseous precursor, at a temperature above a cracking temperature of the seeding precursor, to grow the material. The semiconductor material may be a compound semiconductor of the gaseous and seeding precursors, e.g. the seeding precursor is Gallium and the gaseous precursor is one of oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous or arsenic to produce Gallium oxide, Gallium nitride, Gallium phosphide, or Gallium arsenide. In other embodiments the coordination complex comprises an organometallic, organo-nonmetallic or organo-metalloid complex that acts as a dopant for the grown semiconductor material.
Patent GB-2595895-A (GB)
Title: Method for detecting safety relevant driving distraction
Inventor: Peter Mörti
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2020-06-10
Abstract: A method to detect driver distraction based on changes in control actions with which the driver controls the vehicle, for example the frequency of steering manoeuvres. An environmental information complexity value EIC is estimated 2 by analysing images from an outward facing camera 1 and weighting driving critical information elements (e.g. road curvature, traffic, signs, pedestrians). Recorded inputs of the control action rate 4 under baseline non-distracted driver conditions are used to determine 3 a preferred control action rate CA­­ND for the complexity value to which the current observed control action rate CAobs is then compared 5. Based on the difference between the observed rate CAobs and the expected rate if the driver were not distracted CAND, a warning or driving intervention is outputted.
Patent GB-2597492-A (GB)
Title: Gesture recognition system
Inventor: NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LTD
IPC: G08B6/00
Filed: 2020-07-23
Abstract: A control system and method are provided for gesture recognition, the system comprising a sensor system 28 for observing a volume (34 fig 5) of vehicle cabin space, determining a position of a body part such as a hand 29 in the space, and determining a gesture within a gesture recognition zone 32 defined inside the space; and a non-contact haptic feedback system 6. The control system comprises one or more controllers to receive a/the sensor signal indicating the position of the body part 29 inside the space (34); to determine, based on the sensor signal, the body part position relative to the recognition zone 32; to determine a haptic feedback signal based on the position relative to the recognition zone 32; and to output the signal to the haptic feedback system 6, to output the feedback towards the occupant, indicative of the body part position relative to the recognition zone 32. The feedback can guide the body part 29 towards the recognition zone 32 using feedback such as ultrasound from transducers 36 that does not interrupt the visual attention of the occupant.
Patent GB-2598765-A (GB)
Title: Smart mirror
Inventor: FARIZ KHELLAF
IPC: A47G1/00
Filed: 2020-09-11
Abstract: A smart mirror 100 for supporting an internal circadian rhythm of a user. The mirror 100 has an interactive display unit 104 which is visible through a partially transparent reflective two-way mirror surface 102, so that the user can simultaneously view their reflection and the display. A variable light source 106 is programmable to vary its colour temperature according the circadian rhythm of the user. A controller 108 receives, via the interactive display 104, a user input circadian rhythm and modulates the colour temperature of the light accordingly. The mirror may also adjust the light colour temperature depending on the time of day. A proximity sensor 112 or ambient light level sensor 112 may be used to actuate the variable light source. The display may present information such as weather, calendar appointments, date and time etc.